Jolly Holiday Recap

The parties and stuffing ourselves silly has ended - at least for a couple of days. We went over to the Holtzmans, my in-laws, to celebrate On Christmas Eve.

This picture is from last year - note that the new bookcase is not on the right. But I repeated this comfy glittery outfit, made of a long lurex cardi and some black knit pants.

The Holtzman table was all set for the dinner. The tablecloth was my mom's.

I made a hot cheese dip that was Swiss cheese, mayo, sour cream, cream cheese and onion. Amazingly, the grandkids LOVED it. I was not a cheese eater as a kid - too pungent. But they adored it. Here is Joseph having his dinner at the kids table.

Then it was gift time. 

We wrapped some of the gifts in Star Wars paper. Benjy made sure that we knew that he loves Star Wars.

On Christmas Day, we went to my brother's house and had dinner with Karin's family. I wore my Rachel Roy skater dress and good old BCBG boots.

Book case present.

On top, my vintage brocade jacket with faux fur cuffs by Lawrence.

I wore three necklaces. The top two were sapphire and diamond.

The longest one was my LV padlock.

On my left arm, my yellow gold wedding set, a diamond tennis bracelet, and a sapphire bracelet.

On my right arm, two more sapphire bracelets.

We played a dice game called LRC. You needed 3 dollars to play. I had extra, so I provided some to the kids.

We brought a nicely wrapped bottle of ......

Rompope !!! It's a Mexican eggnog style drink.

We got a lot of cookies, candy, etc as gifts, so I repurposed some of them for a hostess gift.

Gotta love the beer nuts.

So yesterday, I was all set to hit a few stores - mainly my favorite consignment shop. But it CLOSED !!!! All of the good ones around here have finished doing business. Wah. But I did go to Pet Smart. I had ordered flea medicine and had to pick it up. They had these giant rawhide bones for $2.97. They were originally $16.99. I got two, for Kenni and Vinni. I figured they would make good flea medicine bribery items.

Poor little Pandi has been stuffed into Elli's old clothes since it got chilly, so a couple of weeks. She desperately needed some that actually fit her.

Here is the first one - jailbird stripes with a leather/crystal flower.

Here are the other two. They were also $2.97, down from $16.99. She seems much more comfy. I told Doc that it must have been like wearing a corset - I should know, right?

Although appreciative, she got bored after a while.

So did I, so I had Doc unwrap the ladder (my gift from him) and pull it up to 9 feet.

American Gothic in Huntington Beach. Or A Boy and His Ladder.

Of course, I climbed on it and did some rudimentary gymnastics.

It's a nice ladder. I will be using it on Friday, when I wash some of the higher windows outside.

Anyway, today I am going to replace the wallpaper border around the master bedroom, and then try to do a little shopping. I have to go to the bank, and then I am going to try the last consignment shop on my dwindling list. Until then.....

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The Eve of the Eve

Because our family have their own families, we usually get to go to several parties. The first one was yesterday and was very casual, because that's how Luke, Ashley and Preston roll. But first, let's take a peek at the outfit I wore on Wednesday. I am furloughed for 6 days, but I already had to handle 7 phone calls on Thursday. So I will hash that out on time card day. Anyway......

I wore a very old pair of grey plaid trousers shot through with silver lurex. They are from ID, which used to be a Macy's brand. On top, a grey henley from INC. It has crystal buttons, but that didn't matter, because...

I wore a cozy handmade mohair poncho over it. It is ivory and pale lavender. I never wear it, but today it got the call.

Here's a better look at the detail on the poncho and my lovely chicken neck.

I yanked the poncho up to show my necklaces. I never took the poncho off so you guys are the only ones who saw them. One is amethyst and one is silver herringbone.

On my left arm, a thick silver bracelet, an infinity band and a round solitaire.

On my left arm, a tanzanite ring and bracelet, to match the lavender in the poncho.

My MIL, Mimi, had a dog named Bella. We had to put her down last April. I saved her collar and hid it for this purpose - a shadow box.

We got it at Hobby Lobby. I pinned Bella's collar onto it, and then we went to Fed Ex and a nice man named Mark helped us print out a picture of a black lab. I wrote the slogan. It says "Did you know that Bella means beautiful?" Mimi can add other things to the box if she wants.

Today, we have a party with my in-laws, and Nathan and Kim and their kids.

Here are the gifts, all wrapped and ready to go.

Here is my gift from Preston - a compact mirror. He also got Pandi a can of Blue Buffalo Santa Stew.

She also got a pink squeaky monkey, which she loved.

And, as you know, I got Doc a bookcase. Here is what I requested for myself.

A telescoping ladder!!! Yay !!!

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The Holly and the Berries

Not much along the lines of holly, but I have been wearing berry colors for the past two days. Yesterday, I was all berried up from head to toe.

Here we have a pair of trousers from Target ( a few years ago) that are burgundy with hot pink flecks. On top, a Casual Corner sweater that is burgundy with pink lurex. Any blouse will do, because it barely shows.

On top of that, a tweed coat from JC Penney that is burgundy with gold flecks. Lots alurex flecking going on.

Here's a close up of the coat - it has lace trim down the front placket and on the faux pockets.

I went with a pewter colored costume necklace that has dark smoky stones.

My pewter belt matches the necklace perfectly. I got it at White House Black Market in Las Vegas. 

On my left hand, I am wearing a diamond eternity band and a diamond ring that was my mom's.

On my right arm, a huge amethyst with tiny diamonds around it.

Today, some more of the same. I am wearing some silk slacks from INC. They are bright pink with embroidery, and I will show that detail below.

On top, a velour turtleneck.

And finally, some black !!! This is a classic blazer from Escada, with ribbed knit sleeves.

Here is the embroidered rosebud detail on the slacks. It's scattered all over them.

On my left arm, a tricolor Italian gold bracelet, a silver Irish band, and a marquise solitaire.

On my right arm, another Italian bracelet and a cushion of garnets from Coleen Lopez.

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